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letthem ask theirhusbands at home." 1 Also to Timothy :
" Let a woman learnwith silence,in allsubjection.But I
permitnot a woman to teach,nor to be setover the man, but
tobe in silence.For Adam was firstformed,then Eve ; and
Adam was not seduced,but the woman was seduced."3
47. That it arisesfrom our faultand our desertthat we
suffer,and do not perceiveGod's help in everything.
In Hosea : " Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye children
of Israel: because judgment is from the Lord againstthe
inhabitantsof the earth,because there isneithermercy nor
truth,nor acknowledgment ofGod upon theearth;but cursing,
and lying,and slaughter,and theft,and adulteryisscattered
abroad upon the earth: they mingle bloodto blood. There
fore the land shallmourn, with allitsinhabitants,with the
beastsof the field,with the creepingthingsof the earth,with
the birdsof heaven ; and the fishesof the sea shallfail: so
thatno man may judge,no man may refute."3 Of thissame
thing in Isaiah: " Is not the Lord'shand strongto save,or
has He weighed down His ear that He may not hear? But
your sinsseparatebetween you and God ; and on accountof
your iniquitiesHe turns away His face from you, lestHe
shouldpity.For your hands arepollutedwithblood,and your
fingerswith sins; and your lipshave spoken wickedness,and
your tongue devisesunrighteousness.No one speaks true
things,neitheris judgment true. They trustin vanity,and
speak emptiness,who conceivesorrow,and bringforthwicked
ness."4 Also in Zephaniah : " In failing,letitfailfrom the
face of the earth,saiththe Lord. Let man fail,and cattle;
let the birdsof heaven fail,and the fishesof the sea; and I
willtake away the unrighteousfrom the faceof the earth."5
48. That we must not take usury.
In the thirteenthPsalm:6 "He thathath not given his
money upon usury,and has not receivedgiftsconcerningthe
1 1 Cor.xiv.34,35. * 1 Tim.ii.11-14. * Hos.iv.1-4.
* Isa.Iix.1-4. 8Zeph.i.2,3.
* The Oxfordeditionhas" thefourteenthPsalm."